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(No Model.)

C. R. BROWN 8a W. B. COLLINS.

PUMP.

No. 468,324. Patented Feb. 9, 1892.

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0W y@ MMM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. BROIVN AND IVILLIAM IS. COLLINS, OF IVEATHERBY, MISSOURI;

SAID COLLINS ASSIGNOR TO SATORA J. DICE, OF SAME PLACE..

PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,324, dated February 9, 1892.

Application ld September 2l, 1891. Serial No. 406,325. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern: cross-section, the box being broader or wider Be it known that we, CHARLES R. BROWN at its base than at its top, and in the combiand WILLIAM B. COLLINS, of Veatherby, in nation with the box, shaped as described, of the county of De Kalb and State of Missouri, a piston consisting of a fiat plate, hinged at 5 5 5 have invented certain new and useful Imits upper end in the upper or narrower part provements in Pumps, of which the following of the box, so as to swing freely at its lower is a specification. end, this construction insuring the delivery This invention relates to certain improveof a large volume of water through the pump. ments in pumps, particularly to that class Theinvention further consistsin certain de- 6o [o known as submerged pumps in which the tails of construction and arrangement of the pump barrel or chamber in which the piston several part's of the pump, as will be more or water-forcing mechanism works is located fully hereinafter explained and specifically below or partly below the surface of the wapointed out in the claims. ter in a well, cistern, stream, or source ot sup- In the drawings, which form part of this 65 I5 ply, the water being forced bodily upward specification, and in which similar letters of through a suit-able pipe, tube, or conduit and reference indicate like parts, Figure l repredischarged at the surface ot the earth, or at sents a vertical sectional view of a pump conany convenient elevation above the source of structed in accordance with my invention. supply. Fig. 2 represents a similar view taken at right 7o zo The invention has for its object, primarily, angles; and Fig. 3 represen ts a sectional plan to simplify the construction of the pump, so taken on the lines o3 cc and (ij y, respectively, that it can be made in a compact form, emof the preceding figures. bracingr few parts, and occupying but com- Referring to said drawings, Aindicates the paratively little space, while it will be capaupper portion of the pump, or that part which 75 z5 ble of forcing and delivering` from the supis located above or partly above ground when ply-source rapidly and withaminimum power the pump is in place; and B indicates thc a large volume of water. pump-chamber in which the water-forcing de- The invention also has for its objects to disvices are located. pense with the ordinary cylindrical barrel and The part A may be rectangular or cylin- So 3o plunger or verticallyreciprocating piston, drical in cross-section, and built up of boards which render a pump expensive `.and require constructed of a single log or timber properly the services of a skilled mechanic to assemdressed, bored, or recessed, or of any other ble the parts and set the pump, as the barrel suitable material, so as to form a proper conand piston or piston-packing have to be accuduit for the water from the pump-chamber to 8 5 3 5 rately turned and fitted with extreme care to a suitable elevation above. The said part A insure the proper working of the pump, while is provided with a rectangular recess or chamour invention is designed to furnish a pump ber a at the top, and with a delivery-spout b which may be readily built and set by an orleading outward from the lower part of said dinary workman, since as the parts are few chamber for the discharge of the water. In 9o 4o they can be easily fitted together in proper the lower part of the chamber c, also directly working condition with but little trouble. over the throat c of the pump is located a Our invention has for its further obj ect to curved defiector d, which directs the water as provide a very desirable pump, the parts of it is forcibly driven upward to the spout, so which are not liable to get out of order, and as to insure its proper discharge. Access to 95 4 5 which when injured or worn may be readily this deiector is had by means of a removableV replaced. side d of the upper portion A of the pump,

lith these objects in view our invention and thus should said deiiector become disarconsists in a pump having its piston-chamber ranged or dislodged from its support it may in the form of a box, rectangular in horizonbe readily rearranged or adjusted by the re- :on 5o tal section and trapezoidal in cross-section in moval of said side. It will be observed that one direction and rectangular in the opposite the dctlector is support-ed in place by having one of its ends fitted or placed tightly within a recess e', formed between the lower end of said side piece d', and an upwardly-projecting part c2, as shown.. In this way the deilector is readily put in to place, and While the pump 1s 1n use said dei-lector will be securely held. If desireda removable screw may be passed through the same to insure its support; but for all practical purposes this has been found unnecessary. The upper part of the chamber c is provided with a vent c', to permit the escape of air when a surplus of water is forced up, the'water passing the deflector into the chamber c, which serves as a reservoir to hold and quickly deliver the surc plusage of water through the spout at the back-stroke of the piston.

The pump-chamber B is in the form of a trapezoidal box having its base larger than' its upper end and open at one of its oblique vertical sides. The lower end of the upper portion of the'pump is connected with the upper Yor smaller end of the chamber B,being secured thereto by bolts or other suitable devices, and within the upper end of said chamber B is hinged or pivoted the plunger g, which consists of a rectangular plate fitted to oscillate closely between the parallel vertical walls of said chamber, as shown, a space being left between the upperend ofthe plate and the closed oblique wallof the chamber B for thepassage of water upward. The portion of the pump just above the opening is provided with a downwardly-closing valve h' to permit the passage of water upward andI prevent its return in a downward direction. The oblique vertical wall of the closed side of the chamber lrnear its lower end, is provided with an outwardly-closing valve t' and an openingjlr to admit water on the back-stroke of air-piston and prevent its escape through said openingjupen the forward stroke, so as to force the water upward.

The letter C indicates a bellcrank lever fulcrumed Yto a rod Z, extending across the box A between the vertical parallel walls thereof. One arm of said lever is pivoted to a stud m on the piston or oscillating plate, and to the other end is pivoted the lower end of a rod n, which extendsv upward and is pivoted at its upper end to a hand-lever p, which is fulcrumed in bearings in the upper part A of the pump.

The pump is set in a suitable platform S in such manner that the lower part is submerged or partly submerged in the water.

Upon operating the hand-lever the piston or plate will be oscillated, taking water into the chamber B on its back-stroke and discharging :it upward on its forward stroke, the valves above mentioned'opening and closing, respectively, at the proper times.

It will be seen that as constructed the pump is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction; that it is compact and durable; that it can easily be set or removed; also,

that it can readily be taken apart and the parts reassembled when repairs are necessary without the necessity of skilled labor.

Having thus described our invention, what' we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letl. The combination, with the lower trapezoidal chamber, its oscillating plate or piston and inwardly-opening valve, and the devices for operating said plate or piston, of the upper part of the pump, having the removable .side piece, and the removable deflector located above the throat in the upper part of the pump and heldin place by said side piece, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the lower trape- Zoidal chamber, its oscillating plate or piston and inwardly-opening valve, and the devices for operating said plate or piston, of the upper part ofv the pump, having the upwardlyprojecting and recessed por-tion e2, the curved defiector fitting over and supported by said recessed portion, and the removable side piece d', holding the deector in place and being provided at or near its upper end with a ventopening, substantially as described.

3. In a pump of the character described, the combination, withrthe upper portion A., provided with the chamber a at the top and the throat c at the bottom, of the spout b, located or arranged at the point of intersection of the chamber and throat, a removable curved detlector located within the chamber just above the throat and leaving aspace on either side thereof for the passage of water, and the removable side piece d for securing said deector in place, substantially as shown, and

4for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures inA presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. BROWN. WILLIAM B. COLLINS. lVitnesses:

Cona RHoADs, S. J. Dion.

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